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How Diverse Experiences Led Me to Kalaari Capital

You know that feeling when life takes you somewhere completely unexpected, but somehow it all makes perfect sense? That’s exactly how I feel about my journey to the Kalaari Fellowship.
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How Jar Built a Savings Habit App for India

In Episode 02 of The Hindsight, Vani Kola speaks with Nishchay AG, Co-founder of Jar, about building one of India’s leading fintech startups focused on savings and investing. The conversation covers consumer behavior, habit formation, fintech growth, distribution, product-market fit, and building for the mass market in India.
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Hyperbots Raises $6.5 Million Series A

We are excited to share that our portfolio company, Hyperbots, has raised a $6.5 million Series A round co-led by Arkam Ventures and Athera Venture Partners, with participation from JSW Ventures and existing investors Kalaari Capital, Sunicon Ventures.
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India Alpha: The Techade of Opportunity

At the peak of its Golden Era, India was the beating heart of the global economy, contributing a staggering one-third of the world’s GDP. It was a land of innovation and abundance—the world’s sole diamond hub, a treasure trove of silk and spices, and the birthplace of groundbreaking scientific ideas like the decimal system and zero.
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India’s Push for a Globally Competitive Earth Observation Stack

In this edition of Kalaari’s DeepTech Dispatch we unpack Earth observation – what Earth observation is, its growing relevance, the tech stack that powers it and the emerging start-up opportunities.
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Kalaari at 20: What Comes Next

From robotic surgery in Indian OTs and autonomous hiring to the ₹4 problem in women's funding and India's shift from AI consumer to AI builder, this edition of Venture Forward marks 20 years of Kalaari and the next chapter just beginnin
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Kalaari Fellowship Diary: Sana Gupta

Looking in from the outside, it seemed like I was living a dream life: After graduating from UCLA, I got a great job as a consultant in Los Angeles. But deep down, I felt this nagging sense of unfulfillment and the guilt that came along with it.
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Kalaari Fellowship Diary: Soumya Yadav

After five transformative years at IIT Kharagpur (Dual Degree), my professional journey began as an operator role at Flipkart. As a business development manager within Flipkart, I managed the Appliances section portfolio, focusing on pricing strategies, demand planning and the growth of the concerned SKUs.
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Why We Invested?

Why We Invested in Equilibrium

The global carbon markets are experiencing unprecedented growth, with the market expected to reach $1.8 trillion by 2030, driven by compliance requirements and corporate net-zero commitments.
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Why we invested in FANON

Fanon addresses a highly fragmented $7 billion fan economy by consolidating scattered community behaviors.
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Why We Invested in Figr

Design has evolved beyond aesthetics to become a critical business driver. The advent of Generative AI (GenAI) is now revolutionizing the field, with AI agents autonomously executing design tasks and streamlining workflows from ideation to implementation.
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Why We Invested in GuardianLink

GuardianLink provides a proprietary anti-piracy AI tech and no-code launchpad that simplifies NFT commerce.
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Why We Invested in Herkey

HerKey is a digital career engagement platform that unlocks the economic potential of Indian women by providing them with job opportunities, upskilling, and professional networking communities
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Why we invested in HireBound

Across enterprises, staffing firms, and high-growth startups, hiring remains one of the most manual and time-sensitive workflows. Most organizations have digitized tracking (ATS, spreadsheets, portals). The actual work still happens outside the system: interpreting requirements, chasing candidates, running screening loops, and coordinating interviews across multiple stakeholdersThe workflow is full of drop-offs and coordination debt. Candidates don’t complete applications, or they drop because communication is slow or unclear. Recruiters spend hours on searches and repetitive screening, and then lose days in scheduling ping-pong. The result is predictable: qualified candidates exit the funnel, hiring managers see low-quality shortlists, and offers fail at the joining stage.
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Why We Invested in Hyperbots

Over the last two decades, automation technologies have transformed most business functions for large enterprises across the globe.
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Why We Invested in JB Air

JB Air is building a consumer-electronics brand for Indian homes, and we believe it is uniquely positioned to define this category for the next generation of Indian consumers.
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